64.8% of residents of Northwest Dade speak English at home.
28.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
5.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 35,516 (33.8%)
(49.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 78.3%Number of people working at home: 388 (1.0% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 30,489 (75%)

Carpooled: 6,814 (17%)

Bus or trolley bus: 1,819 (5%)

Subway or elevated: 23 (0%)

Railroad: 80 (0%)

Taxi: 51 (0%)

Motorcycle: 14 (0%)

Bicycle: 54 (0%)

Walked: 246 (1%)

Other means: 421 (1%)

Worked at home: 388 (1%)

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 64,352

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 17,803

Jamaican: 9,866

Haitian: 4,550

United States or American: 4,414

Subsaharan African:: 1,569

Bahamian: 1,358

African: 1,333

British West Indian: 758

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 651

Italian: 556

Irish: 427

German: 330

English: 266

West Indian: 214

Nigerian: 203

Guyanese: 188

U.S. Virgin Islander: 157

French (except Basque): 152

Arab:: 145

Polish: 123

Barbadian: 107

British: 107

Belizean: 100

Brazilian: 56

Swedish: 56

Greek: 55

Arab/Arabic: 48

Canadian: 46

Scotch-Irish: 45

Russian: 43

Lebanese: 41

Scottish: 38

Other West Indian: 34

French Canadian: 33

Norwegian: 32

European: 28

Portuguese: 23

Egyptian: 22

Palestinian: 20

Ghanian: 19

Syrian: 14

Lithuanian: 13

Dutch: 12

Finnish: 12

Czech: 11

Belgian: 10

Ukrainian: 10

Romanian: 9

Slovak: 9

Other Subsaharan African: 8

Dutch West Indian: 8

Danish: 6

Ethiopian: 6

Iranian: 6

Hungarian: 5

Celtic: 5

Armenian: 4

Israeli: 2

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

28%Cuba

25%Jamaica

9%Haiti

6%Other Caribbean

5%Dominican Republic

5%Nicaragua

4%Colombia

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 49,536

Northeast: 5,540

Midwest: 1,500

South: 8,962

West: 575

66% of Northwest Dade residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Florida.